High-time resolution dayside convection monitoring by incoherent scatter radar and a sample application

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Zou, Sha ^a   Lyons, Larry R ^a   McCready, M A ^b   Heinselman, C J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

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EID: 40949151628     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JA012364     Document Type: Article

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